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Rayner and Streeting deny claims of Labour leadership pact

A source said ‘there is no vacancy and there is no pact’ amid claims that MPs close to Wes Streeting had approached Angela Rayner.

Evening Standard

UK workers will get unfair dismissal rights after six months from 1 January 2027

Angela Rayner drops plan to force earlier implementation after talks, says source, with start date to be announced in Commons

The Guardian - UK

Government delays decision on Chinese 'super embassy' again

The UK government has again delayed its decision over whether to approve plans for a new Chinese “super embassy” in central London.

Evening Standard

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Rayner to push to speed up part of workers’ Bill after day-one right scrapped

Labour’s flagship workers’ rights package was stripped of the day-one right to claims against unfair dismissal amid a stand-off between peers and MPs.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner to lay amendment to speed up workers’ rights bill

Exclusive: Former deputy PM understood to have accepted compromise on day-one rights, after ‘considerable anger’ over Lords intervention

The Guardian - UK

It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers’ rights bill is a huge achievement

It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner 'tried to dodge council tax surcharge on grace and favour flat'

Questions are mounting for the former deputy prime minister who previously resigned after a row over stamp duty on her Hove home

Evening Standard

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Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is a sharp move few will cheer him for

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The six-month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal is a step in the right direction, which should have been taken long ago – but this dangerous habit of breaking manifesto pledges is compounding a crisis of trust in politics

The Independent UK

Labour MPs to demand more concessions on workers’ rights after government climbdown

Unhappy MPs will push for stronger protections in other areas, such as bogus self-employment arrangements

The Guardian - UK

Congratulations, everyone! Starmer survives another week, and it’s only cost us £26bn

Labour can proudly say this was a budget for working people – that is, if your job happens to be prime minister, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Budget has preserved Starmer’s job until at least May elections, say Labour MPs

While some call budget ‘tactical victory’, few MPs believe it is enough for Labour to beat Reform

The Guardian - UK

No 10 dismisses claim that OBR revelations show Reeves misled public about need for tax rises in budget – UK politics live

Downing Street brushes off claims that the chancellor misled voters about the state of the public finances ahead of the budget

The Guardian - UK

Why Starmer’s desire to govern as ‘Mr Rules’ is bound to fail

In the face of multiple crises, disruptive technology and populism, making Britain orderly again is an impossible goal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK

Farage makes pledge after multiple arrests made at farmers’ London protest

Reform UK said they will cover the legal defence of those arrested

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Rayner should pay back ‘avoided’ tax if she returns to Cabinet – Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch claimed the Prime Minister is considering bringing back Ms Rayner because he is ‘desperate to shore up his crumbling leadership’.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves mocked in fake 'Grand Theft Austerity' AI video game

The parody video depicts the AI chancellor beating up people, and even pigeons, to steal their coins and ‘feel the thrill of fiscal responsibility’

Evening Standard

'Fed up': Minister slams talk of coronation for Wes Streeting after coup against Keir Starmer

The Health Secretary’s allies are said to be pushing for him to be installed as Labour leader, and PM, rather than a contest against a Left-winger such as Angela Rayner

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer would ‘absolutely’ back an Angela Rayner comeback

The prime minister said women in public roles get more abuse and criticism than men

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Reeves gets more abuse because she is a woman, Starmer suggests

Rachel Reeves told The Times Magazine this week that she was ‘sick of people mansplaining how to be Chancellor to me’.

The Independent UK

Reeves to scrap two-child benefit cap in Budget to appease Labour rebels

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves set to tack hard to the left in the Budget in a bid to prevent an attempt to force a change of leadership by Labour MPs

The Guardian - UK

Four top Labour figures could beat Starmer in a leadership race, poll finds

Research shows members would back Andy Burnham, Ed Miliband, Angela Rayner and Wes Streeting over PM

The Independent UK

Burnham heads list of candidates by Labour members to replace Starmer

The Greater Manchester mayor is one of four Labour politicians, including Angela Rayner, Ed Miliband and Wes Streeting, who Labour Party members would vote for to replace Keir Starmer, according to a new poll

Evening Standard

Bin collections under threat in some London boroughs from town hall funding cuts, warn business leaders

Bosses warn London will be particularly badly hit by the controversial reforms

The Conversation

Is the UK headed for a new prime minister?

These are troubled times for British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In July 2024, Starmer’s government swept to power on the back on a landslide win.

The Guardian - UK

‘I thought the grownups were back in charge!’: John Crace on how Labour shattered his expectations

After 14 years of Tory rule, the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer thought he had seen it all. Westminster would surely tick along nicely once Keir Starmer’s party took over. How wrong he was ...

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